Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

As of February 15, 2019, there were 142,029 record holders of common stock of the Company. Additional information called for by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the following sections of this Report: Note 17 “Common Stock, Stock Option Plans and Stock Compensation Agreements” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8; and Item 12 “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters – Equity Compensation Plan Information”.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On December 17, 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program, authorizing the Company to purchase up to $5.0 billion of the Company's Common Stock. Share repurchases take place from time to time on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The repurchase program has no time limit and may be suspended for periods or discontinued at any time.

The following table provides information with respect to common stock purchases by the Company during the fiscal fourth quarter of 2018. Common stock purchases on the open market are made as part of a systematic plan to meet the needs of the Company’s compensation programs. The repurchases below also include the stock-for-stock option exercises that settled in the fiscal fourth quarter.



Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)	Avg. Price Paid Per Share		Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(2)	Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(3)
October 1, 2018 through October 28, 2018	2,192,500	$	138.74	-	-
October 29, 2018 through November 25, 2018	6,849,298	143.27		-	-
November 26, 2018 through December 30, 2018	18,130,189	139.10		7,073,136	32,131,870
Total	27,171,987


(1)	During the fiscal fourth quarter of 2018, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 27,171,987 shares of Johnson & Johnson Common Stock in open-market transactions, of which 7,073,136 shares were purchased pursuant to the repurchase program that was publicly announced on December 17, 2018, and of which 20,098,851 shares were purchased in open-market transactions as part of a systematic plan to meet the needs of the Company’s compensation programs.

(1)

During the fiscal fourth quarter of 2018, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 27,171,987 shares of Johnson & Johnson Common Stock in open-market transactions, of which 7,073,136 shares were purchased pursuant to the repurchase program that was publicly announced on December 17, 2018, and of which 20,098,851 shares were purchased in open-market transactions as part of a systematic plan to meet the needs of the Company’s compensation programs.


(2)	As of December 30, 2018, an aggregate of 7,073,136 shares were purchased for a total of $0.9 billion since the inception of the repurchase program announced on December 17, 2018.


(3)	As of December 30, 2018, the maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan is 32,131,870 based on the closing price of Johnson & Johnson Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 28, 2018 of $127.27 per share.



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